Monday, November 17, 2014

Quiltmaker's 100 Blocks Blog Tour & Giveaway!

This is my first time submitting a block to Quiltmaker! How fun is that?

This issue (Volume 10, which means there have been 1000 blocks to date!) is chock full of inspiration and patterns so you can make the blocks as well. I already have a few that are on my must make list. I'm sure you'll recognize many of the designers names. So honored to be in their company!

If this is your first time here, Hi! I'm Heather. I've been quilting for over 25 years. I'm the founder of the Baltimore Modern Quilt Guild. I teach and lecture in and around Baltimore, MD/PA/DE and Virginia. I'm also a contributing author to Classic Modern Quilts. Thanks for stopping by!

Here's the cover of the magazine, so you can recognize it easily when you're out shopping. (Or, if you're feeling lucky, see below to win a copy of your own!)

So, ready to see my block?

It's so artfully named "Pines and Spools." I started with an improv pieced pine tree, sat it on top of a tiny spool trunk, and topped it with a yo-yo star. Fun, right?

Would you like to win your own copy of? Just leave me a comment below. Since it's right before Thanksgiving, let me know what you're grateful for this season. For an extra chance to win, follow me on instagram. I'm @heatherkojan. Then come back and leave another comment letting me know you're a follower! Oh, and make sure I have a way to reach you, too!

Very cute block indeed.I am thankful for having a wonderful family and for finding the love of my life. Thank you for being a part of this blog hop and the chance to win a copy of this awesome magazine that is filled with so many talented designers with their creative blocks to enjoy over and over again.

I'm grateful for recovering after a recent car accident ! Almost back up to speed now. Grateful for our family and friends help and caring - and looking forward to the Thanksgiving holiday! Thanks for sharing with us!

Now, this block is cute and I want to make it. Can't wait until I can make it. I think it is the perfect block to make as a Christmas gift for someone in my quilt guild. I am thankful for your block! I am thankful for family and friends. Thank you for sharing.

Congratulations on having a block in the 10th issue! I just moved from VA to Washington state - drat! I'll miss your presentations and whatnot. I'm grateful for family and good friends this Thanksgiving. (Really like your tree block, BTW)

Congratulations on making the issue! These are my absolute favorite magazines and I look forward to each issue. Your block is great! Absolutely love how the tree is made and the spool for the trunk is genius! Thanks for the inspiration!

This year I'm grateful that I about to retire :-) Wahoo!I love your block...especially the use of the spool at the trunk of your festive tree! I'm following you on IG as well now.Thank you for participating in the tour!

Cute tree - thanks for sharing. I'm thankful for my family, especially my 3 sisters. We all quilt & though we live in 4 different states we keep connected through block exchanges, round robins & group quilts.

I am thankful for family above all else. My hub supports my quilty stuff and my kids are appreciative of what they receive. This last year has been kinda rough as being the mom of 6 kids I have one left at home...makes me appreciate our time together so much more. Holidays here we come!

This year I am very grateful to have my mom around for another year. Last September she was diagnosed with Metastatic breast cancer. It was a hard blow for us to hear. Now I am grateful for every day we have with her now. She will have to have treatments for the rest of her life. So we are all very grateful to have her with us still. Love the block, it is so fun. Congrats on being chosen for the magazine.

Congratulations on your inclusion in the latest issue of the 100 Blocks magazine. You have arrived. The combination of blocks to make that tree was a stroke of great design. I am thankful for my family and especially for my son who survived his life-threatening injuries during the war in Iraq in 2006. God bless all my friends and thankful they are part of my life.

Being a 3 1/2 yr self taught quilter. I am thankful for all the info and inspiration from blogs like yours as well as others, "Sew" much inspiration and information for those of us with less experience. Congrats and thanks for sharing. <3

Last night we went to bed with water dripping from my kitchen ceiling. The kitchen in on the 1st floor. The 2nd floor has a bonus room. Anyway, we couldn't find where the water was coming from. I am very thankful that I still had a kitchen ceiling this morning and that it has not rained today. We had a new roof put on this past August, and the roofer said he would come look at the roof tomorrow. I am praying that he will be able to find and fix the problem. Nancy: rangerer@sbcglobal.net

I am thankful for our lovely, thoughtful veterinary practice, who takes tender care of our dogs, cats, chickens, and of us too on days when they have to give us sad news. Kindness like theirs is a precious gift during dark times. Today was a bad day, but there is still something to be thankful for.

I am thankful that I can pursue my love of quilting because I have the time and a very supportive husband. I hear people complaining about their husbands and I silently thank God that my husband is practically perfect. He truly is my best friend!

Hi HeatherThis is the first time I have been on a Blog Tour. I had no idea that they would be so different. Finding where to write the comment on each one is quite a challenge. I really enjoy the Modern Quilt movement but I don't like the name. In fifty years time, will it still be the Modern movement? Will they refer to quilts of fifty years ago, as "Modern" quilts? I have recently tried a small mug rug using the paper piecing method. It was great fun to try the new technique. Your tree looks really lovely.I am thankful for the time that I have to spend quilting.

I like the tree a lot, have a thing for Xmas trees in quilts that look like this one. One of the things I am grateful for this season is people like you who are generous in sharing their ideas with us.

I'm grateful that I'm a ten year breast cancer survivor and I had another lumpectomy in October and am cancer free. It was a mass that was pressing on a nerve.Congrats on your publish. I love the use of the spool and the yoyo - a couple of sewing staples. I hope I win a magazine.

Congrats! So exciting!I'm so grateful for my baby. He is #3 and our last baby, all boys. Our family felt incomplete to me, but it was a hard fight at first to try again. I get so sick and preeclampsia every pregnancy, so my husband was so worried. Baby got here safe and sound, and is now 10 months old and a little delight. I love him so much and can't wait to see his first Christmas, and finish his quilt.reillyr2(at)hotmail(dot)com